WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds mainly on mussels, gastropods, other molluscs and crustaceans [details]
Distribution Bay of Fundy to South Carolina, most abundant between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found close to shore to depths of 75 m over hard bottoms, occasionally enters brackish waters. [details]
Importance Social- Minor commercial, gamefish [details]
Predators Striped sea bass [details]
Reproduction Spawns from April in July in groups or pairs, external fertilization [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
tautogoyster-fishchubblackfischblack porgy |
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French |
tautogue noir |
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